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University Muslim Medical Association (UMMA) Community Clinic is the first Muslim American founded community-based health organization in the United States. Located in South Los Angeles, it has a culturally and religiously diverse staff serving an equally diverse, though underprivileged population. The Mission is to ''promote the well-being of the underserved by providing access to high quality healthcare for all regardless of ability to pay.'' ==History== UMMA was started by a small group of UCLA students in 1991. Their goal: to set up a free clinic for the benefit of an entire community, based on the premise that healthcare is a right and not a privilege. The student founders approached and won the support of the City of Los Angeles; University of California, Los Angeles, and Charles R. Drew University. They worked with government officials to raise $1.3 million in grants, brainstormed with architects to rebuild a dilapidated structure on Florence Ave. in South Los Angeles, and collected donated equipment. In September 1996, UMMA Clinic's doors to the community were opened. The students have since themselves become doctors, researchers and parents. Over a ten-year period, UMMA's infrastructure has grown considerably; today employing 18 full-time staff, supported by a legion of volunteers. Since UMMA's birth, over ten Muslim founded charitable health clinics have been established throughout the United States. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「UMMA Community Clinic」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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